Chapter 3, Sections 4 and 5 Study Guide

7
th
Grade Social Studies
Section 4 Life in the English Colonies
1. What was the frst colonial legislature in North America?
Brie! "escri#e it.
$. %n New Englan"& what was the center of 'olitics?
(. Wh! were "ecisions in the southern colonies ma"e at
the count! le)el?
4. Wh! were colonial assem#lies an" colonial courts
create"& an" what "i" the! "o?
*. What was one of Englan"+s ma,or reasons for foun"ing
an" controlling its American colonies?
-. What is mercantilism?
.. /efne im'orts an" e0'orts
1. 2o su''ort its s!stem of mercantilism& what "i"
3arliament "o?
4. 5ow "i" the colonists feel a#out this?
16. What "i" colonists "o as a result?
11. 5ow "i" 3arliament res'on"?
1$. E0'lain the 2riangular 2ra"e7
1(. /escri#e the two ma,or routes of the triangular
tra"e7
14. 8now the 9reat Awa:ening ;see )oca#<
1*. 8now the Enlightenment ;see )oca#<
1-. /escri#e the main e)ents of 8ing 3hili'+s War7
1.. Wh! "i" some Nati)e Americans trust the =rench
more than the English?
11. Wh! "i" some Nati)e Americans ,oin Euro'eans in
wars against other Nati)e Americans?
2he =rench an" %n"ian War7
14. Who was fghting in the =rench an" %n"ian war?
$6. Wh! "i" the fghting #egin?
$1. See =rench an" %n"ian War WS
$$. What was the 3roclamation of 1.-(?
Section * Conict in the Colonies
1. Wh! "i" 9reat Britain ta0 the colonists?
$. What was the frst act 'asse" to raise mone! in the
colonies in 1.-4?
(. 5ow "i" the colonists feel a#out these ta0es?
4. /i" the colonists ha)e an! inuence on 3arliament+s
"ecisions?
*. 5ow "i" Samuel A"ams feel a#out the ta0es?
-. What was the Committees of Corres'on"ence?
.. What was the ne0t ta0 'asse" #! 3arliament in 1.-*?
1. 5ow "i" the colonists react?
4. What "i" 3arliament "o?
16. What was the /eclarator! Act?
11. What "i" 3arliament 'ass in >une 1.-.? /escri#e
them.
1$. 5ow "i" British o?cials enforce the 2ownshen"
Acts?
1(. 5ow "i" the colonists res'on"?
14. /escri#e the Boston @assacre7
1*. What is 'ro'agan"a?
1-. What "i" 3arliament "o to re"uce tension among
the colonists?
1.. E0'lain the 2ea Act 'asse" in 1..(7
11. What was the 'ro#lem if the tea was at such a
chea' 'rice?
14. What ha''ene" when three shi's loa"e" with tea
from the British East %n"ia Com'an! arri)e" in Boston
5ar#or in 1..(?
$6. 2o 'unish Boston for the Boston 2ea 3art!&
3arliament 'asse" the Coerci)e Acts in 1..4. 2he
colonists calle" these laws the %ntolera#le Acts.
/escri#e them7
$1. 5ow "i" the colonists feel?